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Alex Funkhouser invites you to attend the following eight I.T. Educational and Social Events.
 
If you need to hire IT Professionals or be hired, ask for Alex at these events, and call or email Alex at
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I.T. Educational & Social Events
   
   
 



Control-Alt-Delete your IT Career
 
     Join us on Tuesday, February 17th at DeVry University in Miramar as we help you unlock your inner capabilities to manifest your career and personal desires and aspirations.  It will provide you with tactics and strategies to increase your chances for career advancement by understanding the new language of business.  You well learn to perform valuable communication and negotiation techniques to propel your IT career.
 
***Advance registration is required and space is limited
so register today!***

For more information and to register, click:
http://www.sherstaff.com/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=516
 
 
 
 
   
 
 



iPimp My Architecture Comes To Microsoft Offices

     Join us on Tuesday, February 17th in Ft. Lauderdale as Jeff Barnes, Dave Noderer, and Rainer Habermann solve Architecture problems and improves our Architecture. Bring your Architecture problems and your experience. The knowledge and the experience of each participant offers you a great chance to find solutions. This is a moderated open discussion with the option to work in teams depending on the problem and participation.  
 
For more information and to register, click: 
http://www.sherstaff.com/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=540
 
 
 
 
   
 



Architectural Management Discussed By One Of The Nation's Best


     Join us on Tuesday, February 17th at DeVry University in Miramar as hello2morrow Founder Alexander Zitzewitz visits from Massachusetts to discuss Architectural Management.   Zitzewitz will explain the basic concepts of architecture management for Java projects and introduces a couple of simple rules, that help you to keep your project on track.

      You will also learn how to cut your application into layers, vertical slices and subsystem and define the allowed dependencies between these elements, how to map your code base to these logical entities, some useful software metrics that help you to fight local complexity, and strategies to automatically enforce dependency restrictions and metric rules.  He will even share a tool based approach for architecture mananagement.

     This is the kind of session that comes together once in a blue moon and you can't afford tio miss it!

For more information and to register, click:

 
 
 
   
 



Silverlight on Silverlight, Enhancing the Installation Experience

     Join us on Thursday, February 19th at the Sherlock Technology Main Offices in Miami Beach as David Silverlight talks about Microsoft Silverlight and Enhancing the Silverlight Installation Experience.  Once that beautiful Silverlight app is running, the user will be in UX heaven. But what happens just before that? What if the user doesn't even have Silverlight installed?

     In this session, we will cover a number of key areas including: 
  • Creating your own custom Loader animations to elegantly handle users who have not installed Silverlight on their machines
  • Tons of silver tips and tricks you can employ to make for an elegant installation experience for users of your Silverlight applications.
***Be sure to RSVP at rsvp@miamiusersgroup.org to receive your free raffle ticket for development software and books***

For more information and to register, click: 
http://www.sherstaff.com/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=535
 
 
 
 
   
 


IT Women Tackle Job Search in Today's Economy
 
     Join us on Thursday, February 19th at Burger King headquarters in Miami to learn directly from hiring executives at JM Family, Terremark Worldwide, and Our Kids what it takes to be noticed in a sea of applicants. Plus, you can take part in a forum that will open discussions on job seekers' concerns and strategies. 

** Please note: You must be an ITWomen member to attend.  Join Today at ITWomen.org **
 
For more information and to register, click:

 
 
 
   
 


 
SFTA Goes Green With Leaders From Top S. Florida Companies
 
     Join us on Thursday, February 26th in Ft. Lauderdale as Technical leaders tell their stories in response to your questions on how to manage adoption of emerging technologies. "Green" has certainly become a major theme in the past year as energy costs roller coaster up and down along with the secondary affects these costs have on the products and services we use. Our culture has shifted as people and corporate responsibility focuses more and more on the impact we have on the environment.
 
     This program, moderated by Albert Maggio of Merrill Lynch, brings together various perspectives on Green technology.  Should your company "Go Green"?  This is one of the first "can't miss" events of 2009.  See you there!
 
For more information and to register, click:

 
 
 
   
 



Microsoft Skills Week - SQL Sever Exam Walkthrough Coming To Boca
 
     Join us on Thursday, March 12th in Boca to we learn the features in SQL Server by going through an exam interactively with Shervin Shakibi, MVP and Regional Director. Not only will you learn the features of SQL Server through explained answers, you can also prepare for the certification exam if you want to take it. This exam questions are great and will absolutely prepare you for the questions on the exam. Details aren’t final yet, however, it looks like Microsoft will be ponying up exam preparation materials along with vouchers for test taking!
 
For more information and to register, click:
 
   
   
 


Jump-Start Sales Using Search Marketing
 
     Join us on Thursday, March 12th in Ft. Lauderdale as South Florida Interactive Marketing Association (SFIMA) brings together three nationally renouned experts to offer ten tips you can use this month to jump start sales using search marketing.
 
     Moderated by SFIMA VP Taigh White, the panel will also discuss:
• Leverage keyword discovery
• Ad copy - Call to action / A/B testing
• Long Tail - Low cost, high converting keyword expansion
• Measure your search ROI with solid conversion tracking
• Search Query Reports - Negative Keywords/ New Ad Groups/New Keywords
• Day Parting - Conserve budget and advertise at most efficient hours
For more information and to register, click:
 
 
 
 
   
 






 
 
 
 
   
 
 

 
 
 


 
 
 
 
In the Spotlight
   
 
 
Community Credit
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IT Industry News

Fourth-quarter mass layoffs highest since 1995

 
Extended mass layoffs in the fourth quarter reached their highest level since 1995, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. There were 3,140 mass layoffs in the fourth quarter with 508,859 workers separated from their jobs for at least 31 days ...
 
Kforce revenue falls 2.4%
 

Kforce Inc. (NASD: KFRC) posted a 2.4% decline in fourth-quarter revenue to $241.0 million. The Tampa-based professional staffing firm posted revenue declines in its technology and finance/accounting segments. On the other hand, revenue rose in its clinical/life sciences and government segments ...

Source: Staffing Analysts Daily News



 
 

 

 

  
 
 
 

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The South Florida I.T. Job Market is HOT!
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